Madman on a Drum

When the young daughter of Bobby Dunston, a childhood friend, is kidnapped, McKenzie, an ex-cop turned unlicensed P.I., discovers that the kidnapper is Scottie, a third childhood friend, but when the child is returned safely after the ransom is paid and Scottie is found murdered, McKenzie realizes that the secret to the crime lies in his own troubled past. 15,000 first printing.